vindaloo

If you decide to light it up before drinking, remember that alcohol flames aren't easily visible. Don't assume it's gone out or hasn't lit.

J.

tucker101uk

and dont spill it when its alight!

Dunk

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Have a bottle of this a home, when I bought it in Italy the shopkeepers asked if I played rugby & told me they use it for making spirits at home.
One small sip neat & you'll feel from the top of your throat to the pit of your stomach burn...... you'll love it. We use it for "fines" on Rugby tour .....treat it as a laugh and with caution & you'll be OK.
Don't think yours is a vintage year ! (It is c.95% pure not proof)

D

King RA

I brought a bottle of hills (70%) absinthe back from Prague and can safely say it's mad ****.

Many a time coming back from the pub already pretty drunk I'd try to explore the hallucinagenic effects of it. I must have drunk 1/3 of the bottle once when the TV started dissapearing into the wall (still a possible side effect of lots of alcohol IMO) and the next thing I'm waking up in the morning with the worst hangover known to man, still drunk.

All good fun but I never knew about the ice and sugar trick, I was literally standing over the sink drinking out of the bottle and sitting down (close to the sink) for a few minutes after each shot to recover. It's the most foul drink ever created.

_Meridian_

iTrader: (1)

You can distill higher, the trick is to stop water getting in (it absorbs water vapour from the atmosphere. "Absolute" alcohol used in labs is 96% or so.


M

Poor Guy

this drink doesnt have the same plant root for the hallucenagenic drug that absynthe does though. i think ill try it tonight at my mates house

Billgtt

If you're worried about drinking it then snort it

Dunk

iTrader: (1)

Is your stomach still on fire & your **** like a dragons nostril ?

D

Poor Guy

thats strong

my guts were on fire all night
I had half a bottle of vital eyes worth. like 25ml.

Dunk

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PMSL - Glad you enjoyed it, can't understand why they don't sell it in the UK !!!!!

D

Michi

Hi Guys,

Sorry, I know this post is very old, but for future readers....

DO NOT DRINK IT!!! that is not alcool to drink, IT IS FOR CLEANING purposes!!!
I am Italian, we use that alcool to disinfect some type of surface in the house or other reasons, but it is for cleaning ONLY!!!

You can also use it to create a drink as base, for instance to create limoncello or grappa, but it is a very small amount you use and it is a long and complex process for which you need numerous ingredients and step of preparation.

But don't you ask what it is for, before buying something????

I can understand you do not find this available in the UK on in the USA, but when you are in a different country, you should remember that habits and lifestyle are different. Be careful.

Ciao

stevebt

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I would force it on my mates in shot glasses. A little peer pressure will have them drinking it

silver-sub

I wouldn't worry about it too much, he's probably necked it by now.

TECHNOPUG

iTrader: (1)

It's pure ethyl alcohol for making liqueurs (limoncello, coffee liqueur) and pickled fruit in alcohol.

Limoncello

Ingredients

lemons
8-10
95% proof alcohol
1 ltr
water
1 ltr
sugar
1 kg

Preparation

Peel the lemons and add the peel to a litre of alcohol. (The inside of the fruit can be used for other purposes). Leave in a dark place for a week so that the flavours from the peel infuse into the liquid.
After a week, you are ready to make the limoncello. Create a syrup boiling the water and dissolving the sugar in it.
Allow this mixture to cool then add to the alcohol (now yellow and perfumed with lemon) having first removed the lemon peel.
Decant into bottles in a dark place for ten days and serve chilled straight from the freezer.

sti-chris

has to be good for an extra 100 BHP